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AMERICAN BEE lOUKNAL 



Jan. 23, 1902. 



by Hying to the woods, which 

 niight have been saved had he followed 

 the above advice. At least I have al- 

 ways found it so. I put new oil-cloth 

 on some and two boards on others of 

 mv swarms. 



\Vm. DfESCHER. 



Brown Co.. \\'is.. Dec. 2". 



Bee-Keeping in Oklahoma. 



After marking down an.ithtr failure 

 in the bee-business in Oklahoma. I can 

 say that though these be failures the 

 .American Bee Journal is not a failure. 

 I shall not try to prolong the bus- 

 iness any longer, but I am going where 

 they can do something. 



r have all the improved hives and 

 appliances, but if there is no nectar one 

 cannot have honey. I received a queen 

 last summer and I introduced her just 

 as nicely as could be. Three days after, 

 she began to lay. and such a nice lot 

 of eggs and bees no one ever saw ; but 

 just at that time the dry weather set 

 in. What now? To-day I will have to 

 feed them or they will starve. But I 

 bought a swarm from a gentle- 

 man living two blocks from me, 

 that came out the last of ^lay. 

 and. to my surprise, they have 

 from five to seven fr-^mes filled from 

 top to bottom, all sealed up. I sold this 

 gentleman the comb found'^'ion. T s""- 

 pose they got in on the Texas horse- 

 mint before drv weather set in. 



I have a lot of nice combs that I 

 have carried through the past summer. 

 I stack the hives one on top of the 

 other with bottoms off. and in the last 

 one on ton I set a tin cap or can, with 

 two ounces of bisulphide of carbon, and 

 close it up tight. It need not be 

 bothered for a UT^nth. T Ho not think 

 there is anvthing that w'U (a'^e its place. 

 G. W. M.WK. 

 C.vlahoma Co.. O. T.. Dec. 20. 



OIIB NEW CATALOG describing^ and listing the FINEST LINE OF BEE-KEEPERS- 

 SUPPLIES IN THE WORLD, will be ready about the first of the year. If you have not been re- 

 ceTvinffa copy annually, send us your name and address and one will be mailed you fiee. Prices 

 will be same as last season with the exception of the narrow, plain sections with no bee ways which 

 will be 25 cents per thousand less. G.B.LEWIS CO., WatertOWll, WIS. 



ipecial Agency, C. M. Scott & Co.^n 



AGEN 

 and F 



Joselh Mo, Special Southwestern Agent; Chas. Dadant & Son, Hamilton, 111.; F. C. Erkel, 51^ 

 1st Ave., N.E.. ivlinneapolis, Minn.; Lilly, Bog-ardus & Co., Seattle, N\ ash. 



Some Michigan Bees and Honey. 



My bees are all "runaway stock." that 

 is, all came from bee-trees that I 

 found in the woods. They seem to do 

 fairly well in gathering honey. My best 

 colony that did not swarm last season 

 produced 190 full sections and 12 pounds 

 of extracted — 202 pounds. The best 

 that did swarm cast three swarms. 

 From the old colony I took 56 filled 

 sections and 12 pounds of extracted; 

 from the first swarm, 90 full sections 

 and 12 pounds of extracted ; from 

 the second swarm^ 30 full sections 

 and 12 pounds of extracted ; from the 

 third swarm 12 pounds of extracted and 

 20 partlv filled sections, and they have 

 more than they can consume this win- 

 ter. Thus. 176 full sections and 48 

 pounds of extracted — 224 pounds, which 

 I think is very well for poor colony. 



I noticed what you said on page 803 

 (1901) regarding the person that found 

 some "real honey' in Michigan last 

 summer. Did you not score them rather 

 hard? Down here in this part of Michi- 

 gan we are using sections without comb 

 foundation, and any person not a bee- 

 expert, after nartaking of this honey, 

 would naturally think, when trying to 

 masticate honey on comb foundation. 

 I hat honey was all artificial and bogus. 

 This person was undoubtedly mistik^n. 

 yet all bee comb and honev readily 

 biings 20 cents per pound, while with the 



26 cents Cash 

 for Beeswax. 



This is a good time 



to send in your Bees- 



m -4 fi 1~* •»- 'f^ wax. We are paying 



paid for Beeswax. ^ ^i- -„, ^rjei 



low, upon its receipt, or 28 cents in trade. Impure wax not taken at any price. 

 Address as follows, very plainly, 

 GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 144 & 146 Erie St., Chicago, 111. 





Why Not iSuy the Best? 



It costs no more than inferior styles. We claim that 



Adam's Green Bone Cutter 



is the best Ill-cause it is the only KjU Bearing machine 

 on them.irkcl. It worksonthe shear Jirmciple, turns 

 easier, cuts faster and cleaner, and prepares the bone 

 In better shape than any other. Writeatouce. 

 (.'utalogue Ko. U I** Free. 



W. J. ADAr<1. JOLIET, ILL. 



1902— Bee-Keepers' Suoplies! 



We can furnish you with The A. I. Koot Go's 

 goods at wholesale or retail at their prices. We can 

 save you freiKht. and ship promptly. Marketprice 

 paid for beeswax. Bend for our 1902 catalog. 

 M. H. HTJNT & SON. Bell Branch. Wayne Co., Mich 



Send for circulars 



regarding ; 

 the oldes 

 and most ' 



improved and original Bingham Bee-Smoker 

 For 23 Years the Best on Earth. 

 2SAtf T. F. BINGHAM. Farwell. Mich. 



Rather Risky Business, 



this buying untried incubators in thesedaysofthe perfectly 

 working and surprisingly simple 



Reliable Incubators and Brooders, 



wliere every fertile ept; means a strong healthy chicle „^ « ^ 



Guaranteed to do the work and do it as it has never been done before. The Zvttk 

 Ontiiry Pmiltry Itook outrht to be in every chickenman's house. You willnoC 

 part with it fur many times its cost. Discusses the poultry business from your view 

 point. Sent an V where for 10c. UeUablelncb, A: Brdr. €o..Hox B 2 ,4|uiuey,lU« 



THE GLORY OF HEALTH. 



What is more plea.sing to the ej'e than au athletic, clear 

 skinned, deep chested man, ready to toil or play, with the 

 free, easy grace of perfect health? The kind of man 

 that goes singing about his work, because he feels that way. 



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will not make a lazy man muscular, but it will keep 

 the body in such perfect condition that the food you 

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 bodies. A dose of Waikins' Liniment will stop it all 

 before the harm has been done. No running^ for Doc- 

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 Bruises, for man or beast. 



Watkins' Liniment is pood for so many diseases because of 

 the large number of valuable injrredients, each of which does 

 its own work, and does not interfere with the others. Let 

 ouraj^entleavea bottle at the house. If there isnoagentin 

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 supplied. _ 



A Valuable Gift. 



We have a beautiful Cook Book and Home Doctor that we 

 send free to all. It is full of valuable recipes 

 and good wholesome advice. Everyone is sur- 

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